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Jeffrey Wright
Actor, ProducerBorn December 7, 1965 (59 years)
Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is well known for his Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy winning role as Belize in the Broadway production of Angels in America and its acclaimed HBO miniseries adaptation. He has starred as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat; Felix Leiter in the James Bond films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and No Time to Die; Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire; Beetee Latier in The Hunger Games films; Isaac Dixon in the video game The Last Of Us Part II; and the Watcher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) animated series What If...? Since 2016, he has starred as Bernard Lowe in the HBO series Westworld. He will portray Commissioner James Gordon in the superhero film The Batman (2022) by Matt Reeves.
Known For
Filmography
| 2026 | The Batman Part II · as Lt. James Gordon |
| 2024 | The Agency (2024) (TV Series) · as Henry Ogletree |
| 2024 | Fox Sports Voices: Honoring the Negro Leagues · as Narrator |
| 2024 | ARK: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Henry Townsend (voice) |
| 2023 | American Fiction · as Thelonious 'monk' Ellison |
| 2023 | Rustin · as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell |
| 2023 | Asteroid City · as General Gibson |
| 2023 | Digman! (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 2023 | Bill Russell: Legend (TV Series) · as Bill Russell (voice) |
| 2023 | The Last of Us (TV Series) · as Issac |
| 2023 | Atrabilious · as Vincent Daugherty |
| 2022 | Say Hey, Willie Mays! · as Jackie Robinson |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) |
| 2022 | I Am Groot (TV Series) · as The Watcher (voice) |
| 2022 | The Batman · as Lt. James Gordon |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special · as The Watcher (voice) (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch · as Roebuck Wright |
| 2021 | No Time to Die · as Felix Leiter |
| 2021 | Batman: The Audio Adventures (TV Series) · as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) |
| 2021 | What If…? (TV Series) · as The Watcher (voice) |
| 2020 | While the Rest of Us Die (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2020 | All Day and a Night · as Jd |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and Ham (TV Series) · as Mcwinkle (voice) |
| 2019 | The Laundromat · as Malchus Irvin Boncamper |
| 2019 | The Goldfinch · as James 'hobie' Hobart |
| 2019 | Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Monster · as Mr. Harmon |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Moynihan · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Hold the Dark · as Russell Core |
| 2018 | Age Out · as Detective Portnoy |
| 2018 | O.G. · as Louis Menkins |
| 2018 | Game Night · as Fbi Agent Henderson (uncredited) |
| 2017 | She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) · as Purple 'itis' Voice |
| 2017 | Unseen Enemy · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Westworld (TV Series) · as Bernard Lowe |
| 2016 | Confirmation · as Charles Ogletree |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur · as Poppa (voice) |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 · as Beetee |
| 2015 | The Gospel According to Mac · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 · as Beetee |
| 2014 | Dwight Howard: In the Moment · as Narrator |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Cuddlywhiskers (voice) |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty (TV Series) · as Tony (voice) |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · as Beetee |
| 2013 | Only Lovers Left Alive · as Dr. Watson |
| 2013 | The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete · as Henry |
| 2013 | A Single Shot · as Simon |
| 2013 | Broken City · as Carl Fairbanks |
| 2012 | Ernest & Celestine · as Grizzly Judge |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close · as William Black |
| 2011 | The Ides of March · as Senator Thompson |
| 2011 | Source Code · as Dr. Rutledge |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire (TV Series) · as Valentin Narcisse |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | Cadillac Records · as Muddy Waters |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace · as Felix Leiter |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Blackout · as Nelson |
| 2007 | The Invasion · as Dr. Stephen Galeano |
| 2007 | Chicago 10 · as Bobby Seale (voice) |
| 2006 | Blood Diamonds · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Casino Royale · as Felix Leiter |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water · as Mr. Dury |
| 2005 | Syriana · as Bennett Holiday |
| 2005 | Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe · as Jean Michel Basquiat |
| 2005 | Broken Flowers · as Winston |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues · as Mr. Paul |
| 2005 | The True Story of Hannibal · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Dr. Walter Cofield |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson · as Other Voices (voice) |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Cpl Al Melvin |
| 2004 | Sin's Kitchen · as Rex |
| 2004 | With All Deliberate Speed · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Angels in America (TV Series) · as Norman "belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless Man / The Angel Europa |
| 2003 | Sam Cooke: Legend · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | The Venture Bros. (TV Series) · as Dr. Nidaba |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (TV Series) · as Sidney Bichet |
| 2002 | Eye See You · as Jaworski |
| 2001 | Ali · as Howard Bingham |
| 2001 | Boycott · as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 2000 | Crime + Punishment in Suburbia · as Chris |
| 2000 | Hamlet · as Gravedigger |
| 2000 | Shaft · as Peoples Hernandez |
| 2000 | Cement · as Ninny |
| 1999 | Ride with the Devil · as Daniel Holt |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Bobby Seale |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Giraffe · as Win |
| 1998 | Too Tired to Die · as Balzac Man |
| 1997 | Critical Care · as Rafael ("bed Two") |
| 1996 | Basquiat · as Jean Michel Basquiat |
| 1996 | Faithful · as Young Man At Rolls |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Andre Foreman |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 · as Sidney Bechet |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues · as Sidney Bechet |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Sidney Bechet |
| 1991 | Jumpin' at the Boneyard · as Derek |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal · as William Coleman |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal (TV Series) · as William Coleman |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent · as Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Felix Leiter |